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Apple To Hold iPhone 4 Press Conference

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the get-in-front-of-it dept.

teh31337one noted an Engadget report that Apple has announced an iPhone 4 Press Conference for Friday at 10am PT where presumably they will address all this wacky antenna stuff that has been happening.

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  1. Hopefully by space_jake · · Score: 5, Funny

    They'll hold the press conference correctly.

    1. Re:Hopefully by MemoryDragon · · Score: 5, Funny

      Well.. Hello.. iphone yada yada... we are so fucking rich yada yada yada... itunes yada yada yada... and I almost forgot, you can buy
      a silicon shell which fixes the reception problems from our store, for only 30$, you can buy it now...

      thank you for your attendence...

      Jobs walks off crowd goes crazy...

    2. Re:Hopefully by mdwh2 · · Score: 5, Funny

      I heard they were going to announce an app to allow IPhone users to use the compass and GPS to locate the nearest public phone box on a map.

      [Disclaimer, I got this from somewhere else, but can't find the link to credit.]

  2. They better get this right. by blcamp · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Be honest about what went wrong, and do right by the customers. Goodwill is the single most valuable asset a business can possess.

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    The problem with socialism is that they always run out of other people's money. - Margaret Thatcher
    1. Re:They better get this right. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      ... and in close second is $25 billion in cash reserves.

  3. What reception will it get? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I hope they hold it in the right spot. It's not going to get a very good reception otherwise.

  4. lolwut by Pojut · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Apple's response so far seems to indicate (in my opinion, of course) that they have gotten too comfortable in their market position. "People will buy our shit no matter what, why should we fork out the cash to fix this?" is the vibe I got off them.

    It will be interesting to see what they have to say tomorrow.

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    Living With a Nerd
    1. Re:lolwut by GizmoToy · · Score: 5, Interesting

      The problem is that AT&T installed a tower right behind the Cupertino HQ, which provides them with excellent signal strength while on their campus.

      The phones that made it out into the wild were apparently disguised as iPhone 3Gs, and because of this testers were unlikely to see this problem. As we're now aware, putting a case on it hides the defect. Their famous secrecy caused this problem for them.

      New iPhone team slogan: "Test different[ly]"?

  5. Last verse, same as the first... by DWMorse · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If Apple were the kind of company to admit mistakes and fix problems, we'd have some word on resolving the iPhone 4 issues already. Instead, 'holding it wrong' and bumpers for everyone.

    This has, at best chance, to be a press conference releasing the white iPhone 4.

    And if I'm wrong, I'll gladly accept some egg on my face, and those in disagreement all get to say "I told you so."

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    There's a spot in User Info for World of Warcraft account names? Really?
  6. press conference? by underqualified · · Score: 5, Funny

    are they going to play for miami heat too?

  7. Re:Private Conference by kai_hiwatari · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Yeah Steve Jobs will come out say something like "Consumer Reports tested it the wrong way".

  8. Signal Bar replacement. by SneakyMishkin · · Score: 5, Funny

    "The issue was that we had a 'signal bar' on the phone. We had forgotten that this was a magical device. The signal bar has now been replaced with a Mana bar. We expect the rest to work itself out."

    1. Re:Signal Bar replacement. by Superken7 · · Score: 5, Funny

      Yeah, first the iphone was left in a bar, and now the bars have left the iphone! That can only happen to magical devices.

  9. Will be a hard pill to swallow... by recoiledsnake · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Will be a hard pill for Apple to swallow after the hyped up outlandish claims about the new antenna design

    "People have asked, 'What's this?' Some have even said, 'This doesn't seem like Apple.' What are these lines in this beautiful stainless steel band?

    Well, it turns out there's not just one of them, there's three of them. And they are part of the entire structure of this phone. That stainless steel band that runs around is the primary structural element of the phone, and there are these three slits in it.

    It turns out this is part of some brilliant engineering, which actually uses the stainless steel band as part of the antenna system. And so, one piece is Bluetooth, wifi, and GPS, and the other is UMTS and GSM. So it's got these integrated antennas right in the structure of the phone.

    It's never been done before and it's really cool engineering."

    Will be really hard to acknowledge a defect after all that hype.

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    This space for rent.
  10. In the press conference.. by smasha · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Due to popular demand, the cost for the bumpers will increase by $30."

  11. Re:I'm curious to what they'll announce by DynamoJoe · · Score: 5, Interesting
    It's a fair question. Mainly, I can still return the phone and go back to my 3GS, so I'm not really risking anything by getting it. I also thought a lot of the reports of problems sounded overhyped.

    It's one thing to point out a product flaw, it's another thing to point out an APPLE product flaw. There seems to be a circle-jerk sadistic kind of glee in a lot of coverage about the problems. It borders on ridiculous ridicule of Apple/Jobs/iPhone "fanboys" etc. and I now add a large grain of salt to just about all of it. If you've read the comments so far, you no doubt know what I'm taking about.

    And yes, I meant "ridiculous ridicule". for example, cnn.com was presenting video of some dweeb wrapping his phone in duct tape. It's ridicule of the iPhone, but it's ridiculous in and of itself. After seeing stuff like that, it's easier to think the complaints are overhyped or even bullshit.

    So I figured I'd try the phone myself. I want the new processor, better camera, etc. and I know from previous experience that Apple is a safe bet to do right by the customer (even more so if I'm within the return period :) ).

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    bah.